WTPA32 PHFO 091439
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TROPICAL STORM FELICIA ADVISORY NUMBER 24
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI EP082009
500 AM HST SUN AUG 09 2009
...FELICIA DOWNGRADED TO A TROPICAL STORM...BUT STILL AIMED
TOWARD THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE BIG ISLAND OF
HAWAII...AND FOR ALL OF MAUI COUNTY...WHICH INCLUDES THE ISLANDS
OF MAUI...KAHOOLAWE...LANAI...AND MOLOKAI. A TROPICAL STORM
WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE
WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN THE NEXT 48 HOURS.
INTERESTS IN THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE OF HAWAII...INCLUDING THE
ISLANDS OF OAHU...KAUAI...AND NIIHAU...SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR
THE PROGRESS OF FELICIA. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED FOR
SOME OF THESE AREAS LATER TODAY.
AT 500 AM HST...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FELICIA
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 146.0 WEST OR
ABOUT 595 MILES EAST OF HILO...HAWAII AND ABOUT 770 MILES EAST OF
HONOLULU...HAWAII.
FELICIA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 15 MPH...AND THIS MOTION IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. ON THIS TRACK...FELICIA
IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...OR OVER...THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS BY LATE
MONDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME
ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
HOURS.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES FROM THE
CENTER.
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 994 MB...29.35 INCHES.
EVEN THOUGH FELICIA IS STILL FAR EAST OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS THIS
MORNING...A BUILDING SWELL GENERATED BY THE TROPICAL CYCLONE WILL
BEGIN TO IMPACT EAST FACING SHORES OF THE EASTERN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
LATER TODAY. LARGE SURF IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD TO EAST FACING SHORES
OF ALL ISLANDS TONIGHT AND MONDAY.
...SUMMARY OF 500 AM HST INFORMATION...
LOCATION...20.6N 146.0W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST OR 280 DEGREES AT 15 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...994 MB
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC
HURRICANE CENTER AT 800 AM HST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE
ADVISORY AT 1100 AM HST.
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FORECASTER HOUSTON/WROE